Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New data about where plants can grow best shows how Wisconsin has warmed over the past few decades. In November, the U.S.

In the news recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture revised its plant hardiness zone map for the first time in more than a decade. As always, this is a hot topic in horticultural circles. What is ...

The United States Department of Agriculture released an updated version of last year's Plant Hardiness Map to offer a guide for gardeners to understand which plants can survive and thrive based on the ...

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The USDA’s winter hardiness zone map has long been the standard used by home gardeners, plant breeders and researchers to determine which plants are most likely to thrive in their location, based on ...

The USDA made it official in late 2023: the country’s plant hardiness map had not been updated in over a decade, and the new version told a different story than the last. Warmer winters, earlier ...

NPR's A Martinez talks to Ashlie Thomas, author of How to Become a Gardener, about the map gardeners and farmers use to determine when and where... USDA updates plant hardiness map for the first time ...

New data about where plants can grow best shows how Wisconsin has warmed over the past few decades. In November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone ...